China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

This test flight, conducted by the Ashburn, Virginia-based startup Overview Energy, marks a major victory in the quest for ...

What: A forward-looking SETI Live discussion examining the most significant space science missions, discoveries, and ...

Tune in today (Jan. 16) to bid farewell to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, courtesy of a livestream from the Virtual Telescope ...

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared the images of comet 3I/ATLAS. It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system and it's traveling through space at speeds of up to ...

The convergence of renewable energy demands and advanced laser technology is making space-based power transmission a tangible reality. Multiple organizations worldwide are developing sophisticated ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

From the deck of a ship or the window of a plane, it feels obvious that “down” points toward Earth and “up” points toward the ...

The comet, discovered in July 2025, originated far beyond our Solar System and is thought to be around 7 billion years old - ...